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School House, The Street, Lympne, Hythe, CT21 4LQ

25/2301/FHHouseholder planning permissionApproved
Householder

Approved on 12 February 2026

Council decision: Approve with Conditions4 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erection of storage building/domestic workshop.

Received
22 December 2025
Ward
Hythe Rural
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.28 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at SCHOOL HOUSE, THE STREET, LYMPNE, HYTHE, CT21 4LQ. Folkestone and Hythe has handled 3,080 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Folkestone and Hythe's typical decision time. The site is in the Lympne conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Hythe Rural. We hold 1,106 applications in total for the CT21 postcode area.

84% of full applications at Folkestone and Hythe District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CT21 4LQ
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Lympne

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Consultation expiry
28 January 2026
Consultation end
28 January 2026
Application expires
16 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Lympne

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (6)

listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens and SSSIs.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Folkestone and Hythe

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